Overview
- Redzepi told staff in Los Angeles he was stepping down from Noma, later posting an apology in which he took responsibility for past behavior and, per the Los Angeles Times, said he would also step away from MAD.
- A New York Times investigation detailed allegations from 2009 to 2017 that he punched, shoved and jabbed cooks and threatened blacklisting or deportation.
- Noma’s sold-out Los Angeles pop-up opened as protesters led by former employee Jason Ignacio White and the group One Fair Wage demanded accountability and reparations.
- Corporate backers, including American Express, withdrew sponsorship of the pop-up as the controversy escalated.
- Industry figures, including Dominique Crenn, pressed for structural change in kitchen culture, while younger chefs questioned unpaid stagiaire systems that Noma relied on before beginning to pay interns in 2022.